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ROYAL AERONAUTICAL SOCIETY Lecture.—The last lecture of the session will take place on March 17 at the Royal Society of Arts at 5.30 p.m., when Capt. D. Nicolson, M.I.N.A., Associate Fellow, will read a paper on " Flying-Boat Construction." Wilbur Wright Lecture.—The Annual Wilbur Wright Lecture will be delivered by Major G. I. Taylor. The title of the paper and date, •which will be towards the end of April, will be announced later. Donations.—The Council desire gratefully to acknowledge the gift of lantern slides for the Society's loan collection from the Westland Aircraft Works. W. LOCKWOOD MARSH, _ Secretary • : M H H H Lectures at the Royal Aeronautical Society ON March 3 two papers were read before the Royal Aeronautical Society. One was by Major T. Orde Lees, and was entitled " Saving Life in Air Wrecks." Theotherwas read by Mr. J. W. W. Dyer, and was on the subject of " Airship Fabrics." In the main, Major Orde Lees ' paper was similar to that read before the Cambridge University Aeronautical Society recently, which has already been published in FLIGHT. It dealt with parachutes and their functioning, and set out to prove that the carrying of parachutes on commercial aero- planes should be made compulsory. One of the inducements to carrying parachutes was given as a reduction in personal insurance premiums already offered by certain insurance companies. Mr. Dyer's paper on Airship Fabrics was very interesting, but as it consisted to a great extent of tables and data, we have been unable to find space to publish it. All those interested should obtain a copy of the Society's Journal. Cambridge University Aeronautical Club A GENERAL meeting of the Cambridge University Aero- £" • nautical Club was held in the Examination Hall, Free School •;r Lane, on March 2, when the officers for the year 1921-1922 were elected, and an interesting lecture was given by Mr. S. E. Taylor (Corpus Christi) on " Non-Rigids during the War." ' " The lecture was ilustrated with slides taken chiefly from the speaker's own camera. Mr. Taylor is the only airship pilot in the Club. In the unavoidable absence of the President (Mr. H. A. Mattam, Tf&ity), Mr. O. E. Simmonds (Magdalene), hon. secretary, presided, and briefly outlined the progress of the clnb. At the commencement of the year, he said, their membership was 128, and at the moment it was something . over 300. He thought they could consider this very satis- ~ factory for a society which, after all, only had a specialised sense of interest to most people " up " here. Negotiations had been proceeding as to the possibilities of an Inter- 'Varsity Air Race this summer, and he had been in com- munication with the Royal Aero Club, who were anxious to give them what support they could. Oxford were greatly , handicapped, because at the moment flying was definitely banned, but the speaker hoped soon that they would be able definitely to announce that the race would take place. The election of officers was then proceeded with. ISir Zuinton Grand, of Peterhouse, was unanimously elected President of the club. The election of hon. secretary was left in the hands of the committee. The members elected on the committee were Messrs. J. C. Griffiths (Christ's), G. L. Newman (Christ's), H. A. Mettam (Trinity), E. T. D. Townsend (Jesus), C. J. Funnell (Sidney). Air Service Excess Spending ** . • THE Committee 6f Public Accounts report that the sum required to be voted to make good excesses for the Air Services for the year ended March 31,1920,15^251,214 185. 5<f. The estimate amounted to ,£56,035,950, and the actual expenditure exceeded the estimate by £578,666 85. id. The surplus on actual appropriations-in-aid amounted to £327>45i 9s- 8d., leaving the sum stated to be voted. The Committee see no objection to the excess vote. IN BANKRUPTCYRe Charles Ralph Shortt, Engineer, Sandown, Isle of Wight AT the public examination of the debtor in the Isle ofWight Bankruptcy Court last week, expenditure of nearly £2,000 on a patent relating to a metallic outer cover forrigid airships and aeroplanes was given among the causes of the failure. The debtor said that practically his wholelife had been devoted to that invention. He was formerly in the Royal Air Force. MARCH IO, 1921 PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED Proceedings of the' Air Conference, 1920, with Appendices. London : H.M. Stationery Office. Price 2s. 6rf. net. L'Impiego dei Dirigibili nei Trasporti di Passeggieri. By Ing Umberto Nobile. Giornale del Genio Civile, Via Torre Argentina, 47, Rome. Technical Note No. 34. The 300 h.p. Bern Aircraft Engine. By Dr. A. Helier. National Advisory Committee for Aero- nautics, Navy Building, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. Technical Note No. 35. The Optical Wing Aligning Devict of the Langley Field Tunnel. By F. H. Norton and D. L. Bacon. National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, Navy Building, Washington, D.C.. U.S.A. Technical Note No. 36. N.A.C.A. Langley Field Wind Tunnel Apparatus; The Tilting Manometer. By F. H. Norton and D. L. Bacon. National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, Navy Building, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. Technical Note No. 37. The Determination of the Effective Resistance of a Spindle Supporting a Model A tr of oil. National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, Navy Building Wash- ington, D.C., U.S.A. Technical Note No. 38. Measurements of Rudder Moment* on an Airplane During Flight. By Ing. V. Heidelberg. The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, Navy Building, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. Technical Note No. 40. Effect of the Reversal of Air Flow upon the Discharge Coefficient of hurley Orifices. By Marsden Ware. National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, Navy Building, Washington, DC, U.S.A. Technical Note No. 42. The Determination of Downwash By Lieut. Walter S. Diehl. National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, Navy Building, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. H 0 M B AERONAUTICAL PATENT SPECIFICATIONS Abbreviations : cyl. -> cylinder ; I.C. «= internal combustion ; m. — motor* The numbers in brackets are those under which the Specifications will be printed and abridged, etc.APPLIED FOR IN 1918 Published March 10, 1921558. H. E. S. HOLT. Parachute flares. (158,580.) L APPLIED FOR IN »»Published March 10, 1941 24,705. J. F. PONT. Rotary I.C. engines. (138,06a.) ' ., -24,741. M. ZANG. Parachutes. (158,608.) 27,268. T. G. NYBOBO. Control of aeroplanes. (158,631.)27,361. R. J. KING. Ribs, spars, etc. (158,637.) 27,413. O. E. MESSTER. Production of photographs from aircraft. (134,85127,482. C. MATTHEWS and C. S. HALL. Aeroplanes. (135,176.) 27,603. G. F. BUCKLE and F. PARFETT. Course-indicators. (158,672.)27,912. C. A. W»AGG. Aerofoils. (135,829.) 28,708. R. P. PKSCARA. 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